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Drawing a distinction between religion and law

The 2018 judgment was significant because it drew clear boundaries around a private act that had been criminalised owing to an overhang of colonial morality from the Victorian era. (HT Archive)

Published 96 days ago

Panel constituted to explore UCC implementation in Gujarat submits report

The panel submitted the report to chief minister Bhupendra Patel. (X)

Published 118 days ago

Women inmates can’t be shut out of open prisons, rules SC

A view of the Supreme Court of India (SCI) building, in New Delhi

Updated 136 days ago

Ludhiana: Newborn sold for ₹2 lakh, mother, BAMS doc among five arrested

The case came to light on Sunday evening when the accused assembled at a park near Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi to hand over the newborn to the Moga-based family. (HT Photo)

Published 146 days ago

Haley Lu Richardson on facing gender bias in Hollywood: My boyfriend has asked…

Haley Lu Richardson

Published 160 days ago

Emilia Clarke on gender discrimination in Hollywood: There is still a wild…

Emilia Clarke

Published 177 days ago

‘Technical issue’: Taliban minister's excuse for barring women journalists

The Taliban minister was accused of gender discrimination after his initial press meeting excluded all women.

Updated 274 days ago

‘No room for bias’: Delhi high court tells Centre to enrol woman in IAF

The bench, however, rejected the contention as untenable, saying that the notification did not categorically mention that the 90 positions were only reserved for male candidates, and it was open for the UPSC to incorporate the same in its advertisements. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 316 days ago

Who is Kate Merrill? Former WBZ anchor files $4mn lawsuit against ex-employer

Kate Merrill, a former WBZ employee

Updated 341 days ago

Richa Chadha recalls facing gender bias from her maternal grandmother

Richa Chadha revealed her childhood experience of gender bias from her grandmother and stressed the need to educate sons about respect and consent in a new interview.

Published 356 days ago

Gujarat man throws 7-year-old daughter in canal: ‘I killed her because…’

The accused, Vijay Solanki, allegedly stopped his bike near the Narmada canal, took the child near the edge and pushed her.

Published 361 days ago

Sensitising youth on gender through films

These films are a way youth can connect over common patterns of gender-related issues that we find in India and the neighbouring regions

Updated 422 days ago

Take strict action against those involved in sex determination practices: Haryana CM

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini (File)

Published 508 days ago

Federal agencies directed to remove 'gender ideology' from websites, contracts and emails

Federal agencies directed to remove 'gender ideology' from websites, contracts and emails

Published 528 days ago

National Girl Child Day: Rahul Gandhi urges equality and rights for daughters

Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Lok Sabha LOP and Congress, stressed the need to train girls for a "bright and secure future" on Friday in honour of National Girl Child Day.

Published 535 days ago

National Girl Child Day: Rahul Gandhi calls for ensuring girls' secure future

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge underscored the significance of gender equality in progress and stated that the Congress-led UPA government established National Girl Child Day in 2008. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

Published 535 days ago

Iran executed at least 31 women in 2024 claims human rights monitor

Representative image: Iran has executed more than 30 women in 2024 as per an NGO

Published 553 days ago

Permanent commission: SC asks women Navy officers to pursue case before tribunal

Supreme Court of India. (PTI File Photo)

Published 558 days ago

Equality above all: A call for women’s liberation

The constitution was framed over a period of three years, during the tumult of the Partition.

Updated 589 days ago

Sexism from women is taken less seriously in the workplace than from men

It is emotionally distressing when women's claims of sexism against female perpetrators are not taken seriously.

Published 652 days ago

VP Dhankhar's ‘symptomatic malaise’ jibe at Kapil Sibal over Kolkata rape case

Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar (File Photo)

Published 665 days ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs sued for sexual assault by former Bad Boy Records singer

Sean 'Diddy' Combs sued for sexual assault by former Bad Boy Records singer

Updated 670 days ago

Women under Taliban rule: Real life mirrors dystopian fiction

FILE - Afghan students queue at one of Kabul University's gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Feb. 26, 2022. Women are banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said on, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Published 679 days ago

Toxic, deadly, cheap: Life for women gold miners in the Philippines

Toxic, deadly, cheap: Life for women gold miners in the Philippines

Published 683 days ago

Eight former SpaceX employees sue Elon Musk and the astronautics giant

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference on innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

Published 759 days ago

India's 1st protest on sexual harassment at the workplace erupted 100 yrs ago

An image of Harvey Mills, a colonial-era cotton mill in Madurai, sourced from 'Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources', a book compiled by Somerset Playne and published first in 1914.

Published 827 days ago

Women are far from achieving gender equality

Gender equality

Published 839 days ago

Termination from job because a woman got married is coarse case of inequality: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court dismissed the Centre’s petition. (AFP)

Updated 873 days ago

International Parity at Work Day 2024: Why do we celebrate this day?

International Parity at Work Day 2024: Why do we celebrate this day?

Published 916 days ago

Former Robert De Niro's assistant wins $1.2M in lawsuit at NYC court

Actor Robert De Niro's former personal assistant, Graham Chase Anderson, right, stands outside Manhattan federal court smiling and a little teary after a jury awarded her $1.2 million.

Published 976 days ago

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